Laptop Networking, NetworkManager, ifupdown ---> Merge them?

[Karl Hegbloom]

A follow up, just FYI... (I've changed my network configuration.)

Now I'm running 'ifplugd' on the eth0, and no 'waproamd' anymore.
Instead, I've a script that brings the wifi up and down, and it launches
'wpasupplicant' then calls 'ifup' to bring up the wlan0 interface.  The
script, in it's initial form, is attached for reference.

This works with my LinkSYS WRT54G and WPA PSK.  I type "sudo wlanctl on"
or "sudo wlanctl off" to bring it up or down.  An advantage of this is
that when I turn it off, I know it's off for sure and won't come on
behind my back, and I've reviewed the ath_pci driver and know that it
powers the device off when the module is unloaded, saving battery power.

This is not the ideal solution, but it works fairly well for now.  All
auth configuration is done in the wpa_supplicant.conf file.

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alias wlan_driver ath_pci
# alias wlan_driver ipw2200
# alias wlan_driver ndiswrapper
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remove ath_pci /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ath_pci && for m in $(lsmod | gawk '/^(ath|wlan)/ {print $1;}'); do /sbin/modprobe -r $m; done
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# options ipw2200 ifname=wlan0 associate=0
options ipw2200 ifname=wlan0